Lined record jacket



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United States Patent 3,330,468 LINED RECORD JACKET John D. Desmond andJoseph J. Hart, both of Philadelphia, Pa., assiguors to ContainerCorporation of America, Chicago, lll., a corporation of Delaware FiledAug. 29, 1966, Ser. No. 575,625 1 Claim. (Cl. 229-68) ABSTRACT OF THEDISCLOSURE A lined record jacket having a paperboard body and an innerfilm lining secured thereto, one side section of the body having amarginal edge extended beyondthe marginal edge of the opposite sidesection to facilitate insertion of the record. A method of forming alined record jacket including conveying the blank of paperboard alongtwo mutually perpendicular paths and securing certain overlappingsections of the blank together as the blank is conveyed along each ofthe paths.

This invention relates to a lined record jacket having an outer body ofpaperboard and an inner liner of film secured thereto, the same beingsuitably provided with a top opening to receive an individual record forstorage within the jacket. Additionally, this invention relates to themethod of forming such a lined record jacket in an economical manner onconventional carton fabricating (or finishing) equipment.

An object of this invention is to provide a record jacket having anouter protective body of paperboard and an inner liner of film materialsecured within the paperboard body and having a top opening forreceiving therein a flat disk record.

Another object of this invention is to provide a lined record jacketwherein the film lining is secured at only specific areas to thepaperboard body to permit the rapid and economical manufacture of suchjacket.

Another object of this invention is to provide an improved methodofforming a lined record jacket which can be accomplished on conventionalcarton fabricating (or finishing) equipment.

These and other objects will be more fully understood after referring tothe following specification and the accompanying drawing forming a partthereof, wherein:

FIGS. 1a through 1h are sequential top plan views of a series of blanksand liners showing the manner of forming the subject record jacket;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view, as seen generally from line 22 ofFIG. 1, of a finished record jacket;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view of a blank and liner therefor, similar in partto that shown in FIG. 1, of an alternate embodiment of the subjectinvention.

The subject invention is best seen in FIGS. 1h and 2. The record jacketincludes an outer body 12 of shape retaining paperboard and an innerlining 14 of flexible plastic film or the like. The paperboard body 12includes opposed side walls 16 and 17 which are disposed insubstantially parallel closely adjacent relation having bottom andadjacent side edges 20, 21, and 22 hinged together and having an opentop edge 24. The lining 14 is disposed within the body jacket andincludes spaced panels 26 and 27 which are substantially coextensivewith and secured, respectively, to the adjacent side walls 16 and 17 ofthe record body, and further which are open at top edge 28 in registrywith the open body edge 24. The faces 26 and 27 of the lining aresecured to the side walls 16 and 17 along substantially linear top andbottom strips of adhesive generally shown in FIGURE 2 along areasindicated at 30, 31, 32, and 33. This locates the inner lining relativeto the outer body while yet providing for the ready transfer of air frombetween them. This permits rapid initial fabrication of the jacket in anexpedient manner while further permitting the normal loading andunloading of the jacket with a record without the jacket bulging or thelining clinging to the record.

The subject jacket is formed in the manner indicated in the sequentialview in FIG. 1. Thus, a blank 40 of shape retaining paperboard havingthe side wall panels 16 and 17 hinged together on fold line 42 disposedto travel in a direction parallel to the hinge line 42. Lapping flaps 44and 46 are hinged to the side wall 16 on hinge lines 45 and 47,respectively. The jacket is fabricated by initially applying to theinside face of side wall 16 the strips of adhesive 30 and 32. The stripsof adhesive include center portions across the major section of the sideWalls in a direction parallel to the open top edge 24 of the finishedjacket and side portions at the ends of the center portions which extendat right angles thereto a short distance less than one quarter thedistance across the side wall. A continuous tubular roll of liningmaterial, indicated at 52, is then positioned over the side wall andsecured thereto by means of the pre-applied pattern of adhesive and cutto the appropriate length. Thereafter, the opposite side wall adhesivepatterns 31 and 33 are applied to the inner face of the side wall 17.Adhesive is also applied to the vertical manufacturers flap 44. The sidewall 17 is thereafter folded about its hinge line 42 to adhere said wallto the panel 27 of the tubular film, and the vertical glue flap issimilarly folded to overlapping relationship to the side wall 17. Atthis point, the package is shifted on a right angle attachment (asindicated in FIGS. 1g and 1h) and the horizontal manufacturers flap 46is coated with adhesive and is folded to overlap the bottom edge of theside Wall 17. This closes the bottom of the paperboard body as well asthe bottom of the film liner.

It is possible Where a lining of the subject type is desired to be madeon a straight line equipment that the record jacket fabricated accordingto the view FIG. 1 be rotated about an axis normal to the plane of thepaper approximately whereupon the horizontal manufacturers flap 46 isglued and folded closed in a manner similar to the verticalmanufacturers flap 44.

It is also possible to form a record jacket similar to 7 that disclosedin FIGS. 1 and 2 by means of a fiat sheet 62 of film, as compared to thetubular film used in the primary embodiment. In such an embodiment, bothinside faces of the side walls are coated with adhesive at theappropriate locations 30, 31, 32 and 33, and the film lining 62 isdeposited on the faces in registry therewith and is thereby adhered tothe faces. The side walls 16 and 17 are then folded relative to oneanother and secured by means of the overlapping horizontal and verticalmanufacturers flaps 44 and 46 in the manner indicated for the primaryembodiment.

It can be noted that the top edge 56 of the side wall 16 extends abovethe top edge of the other side wall 17. This is to permit the easyopening of the jacket, as will be readily understood.

What is claimed is:

A lined record jacket including:

(a) an outer body of paperboard and an inner lining;

(b) said outer body including opposed side walls connected together atthe bottom and adjacent side edges and being separate from one anotheralong the horizontal top edge;

(c) said connecting means comprising a hinged connection between thebody side walls being integral along one side edge thereof, a secondconnection comprising a flap hinged to one sidewall along an edgeoppositely disposed relative to said hinged connection and a thirdconnection comprising a flap along another edge of said one side wallsaid flaps being overlapped with an adhesive secured to the other sideWall;

(d) said lining being formed of a flexible plastic film includingopposed side wall sections disposed flush against the body side wallsand the lining being open adjacent the open top edge of the paperboardbody adapted thereby to receive a disk-like record;

(e) said film lining being secured to the opposite side walls bygenerally straight parallel horizontal strips of adhesive along oppositemarginal areas adjacent the horizontal open top and the bottom thereof;

(f) one of said body side walls having a marginal top section whichextends beyond the corresponding top section of the opposite side walland beyond the free open top edges of the film lining.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS JOSEPH R..LECLAIR, PrimaryExaminer.

DAVID M. BOCKENEK, Examiner.

